[CS-FSLUG] Growing Up Together

[cyratt at netzero.com]

September 21 - Unity of Faith

"And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; 
and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for 
the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till 
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son 
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ."
(Ephesians 4:11-13)

Till we all come in the unity of the faith. What this scripture means 
is simply this: If we're ever going to become truly powerful in the 
kingdom of God, if we're ever going to be any great threat to the devil, 
we're going to have to grow up--together.

It won't be enough for just a few of us to grow up on our own and say, 
"Too bad" about everybody else. It doesn't work that way. We're a part 
of each other. The Bible calls us one body...the Body of Christ.

Let me give you an example. When I began teaching God's revelation on 
the laws of prosperity, I started getting incredible flack. Preachers 
started calling me and chewing me out because I wouldn't borrow money and 
things like that. Finally God said to me one day in prayer, "Don't 
teach on the laws of prosperity any more until I tell you to."

"Why not?" I asked.

"There's strife in the camp," He told me. "Other preachers are mad at 
you and in strife over it."

I didn't realize then that the level where we stopped would affect us 
all. I didn't realize that even I wouldn't be able to go on and operate 
in the additional laws of prosperity until the rest of the Body would 
go with me.

We're not islands unto ourselves. I can't do anything without affecting 
you. You can't do anything without affecting me. We're joined together 
by God but held together by one another (Eph. 4:16). We can only grow 
up...together!

Learn to walk in love. Refuse to fall prey to division and isolation. 
Feed on the Word daily and encourage your brothers and sisters by 
feeding it to them too, so we can all grow up to be "a perfect [or mature] 
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ."

Scripture Study:1 Corinthians 12:13-28


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